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Fascism rears its ugly head in Dehradun

The CPM office near Clocktower in Dehradun is a small single room office, but that wasn’t enough for it be spared from the RSS mob gathered outside. For ten minutes, long-time party activists Lekhraj and Pradeep Sharma had to endure the pelting of bricks that…

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My father is not a Maoist: Shikha Rahi

The case against Prashant Rahi is particularly egregious as it threatens the civil rights of all Uttarakhandis and their ability to speak out against injustice. The Maoist canard is being increasingly used to stifle such dissent and must be actively debunked or else a culture…

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After 22 years, justice fails Dalits

Caste Hindus who disrupted Dalit cremation acquitted as court loses case papers Rakesh Bhatnagar Thursday, July 05, 2007 NEW DELHI: Twenty-two years after around 20 upper caste Hindus were accused of meting out inhuman treatment to the body of a Dalit which had been brought…

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Hills echo human rights

Combat Law Vol 6 Issue 4, July – August 2007 The struggle for human rights is far from over in the new state of Uttarakhand. Suresh Nautiyal reports on the local organisations’ strong will to pressurise the government to respect human rights and protect the…

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DtE: Van Gujjars will be homeless next summer

ARCHI RASTOGI / CSE Down to Earth, May 31, 2007 in the first week of May, 200-odd Van Gujjar families started moving towards their summer homes in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. They had been stranded around Vikasnagar near Dehradun before a response to a right to…

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Right to Information Gospel Spreads in Dehradun

Rajiv Rawat Garhwal Post, 11 October 2006 DEHRADUN, 10 Oct: Right to information as a key route to empowering the people of India, was the hot topic of discussion on the eve of Loknayak J.P. Narayan’s birth anniversary this October 9 and 10th. Coming also…

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Moneylenders Attack Kisan Sabha Activists

People’s Democracy, Vol. XXX No. 25 June 18, 2006 MONEYLENDERS turned land mafias resorted to yet another attack on Kisan Sabha leaders and activists, including large number of women in Shakti Farm under Sitarganj block in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. This attack on…

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TOI (2006.3.27): RLEK: Rights approach to empowerment

The Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) is a Dehra Dun-based NGO working with Van Gujjars and other hill communities for four decades. Avdesh Kaushal, founder of RLEK, speaks to V J Thomas: [more]

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UNI (2006.1.20): Partial bandh in Dehra Dun evokes mixed response

Dehra Dun: The Dehradun bandh called by the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) seeking unconditional release of their party workers arrested while demonstrating in the tehsil a few days back evoked mixed response today as most of the business houses in the city area remained closed…

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Down to Earth: Tehri Again

Down to Earth January 15, 2006 As the old Tehri town drowns in the water impounded by the Tehri dam, some way upstream another hydroelectric power project is making an unwelcome appearance. Work on a hydel project, located on the Bhilangana river, a tributary of…

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